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Stanley Gibbons buy online wine auctioneer : Antiques trade gazetteantiquestradegazette.comThe purchase follows a two-year tie-up between Dreweatts & Bloomsbury and Bid for Wine with the two companies holding joint sales at the former's Maddox Street saleroom in London and the latter providing additional an online platform for the events.

China's rural consumers buy more onlineInternetRetailer.com (press release) (registration) (blog)In the first quarter of this year purchases from rural residents represented 9.64% of sales on Alibaba's big Chinese online marketplaces, Taobao.com and Tmall.com, compared with 8.65% two years ago, according to the report. The report says the major ...and more »

Some think shopping for jeans is just as difficult and painful as looking for a swimsuit. Between getting the right size and finding a fit that is flattering, landing a pair can take several store stops and multiple trials and errors in the dressing room.